Genesis 47:1

Joseph’s Wise Administration

47:1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of

Canaan. They are now ¹  in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:21

47:21 Joseph ²  made all the people slaves ³  from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.

Genesis 47:24

47:24 When you gather in the crop, ⁴  give ⁵  one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest ⁶  will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”

¹ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.

² tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tc The MT reads “and the people he removed to the cities,” which does not make a lot of sense in this context. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the LXX read “he enslaved them as slaves.”

⁴ tn The words “the crop” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn The perfect form with the vav (ו) consecutive is equivalent to an imperfect of instruction here.

⁶ tn Heb “four parts.”